EP3444402A1 - Transportvorrichtung zum transportieren mindestens einer mobilen elektrischen signalisierungsvorrichtung und mobile signalisierungsvorrichtung und -system - Google Patents

Transportvorrichtung zum transportieren mindestens einer mobilen elektrischen signalisierungsvorrichtung und mobile signalisierungsvorrichtung und -system Download PDF

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EP3444402A1
EP3444402A1 EP17465537.3A EP17465537A EP3444402A1 EP 3444402 A1 EP3444402 A1 EP 3444402A1 EP 17465537 A EP17465537 A EP 17465537A EP 3444402 A1 EP3444402 A1 EP 3444402A1
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Calin-Costin Creanga
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F9/00—Arrangement of road signs or traffic signals; Arrangements for enforcing caution
    • E01F9/60—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs
    • E01F9/70—Storing, transporting, placing or retrieving portable devices
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F9/00—Arrangement of road signs or traffic signals; Arrangements for enforcing caution
    • E01F9/60—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs
    • E01F9/604—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs specially adapted for particular signalling purposes, e.g. for indicating curves, road works or pedestrian crossings
    • E01F9/615—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs specially adapted for particular signalling purposes, e.g. for indicating curves, road works or pedestrian crossings illuminated
    • E01F9/617—Illuminated or wired-up posts, bollards, pillars or like upstanding bodies or structures for traffic guidance, warning or control
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F9/00—Arrangement of road signs or traffic signals; Arrangements for enforcing caution
    • E01F9/60—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs
    • E01F9/688—Free-standing bodies

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  • the invention is concerned with a transportation device like, e.g., a van or a truck.
  • the transportation device is designed for transporting at least one mobile electric signaling device like, e.g., a traffic beacon.
  • each signaling device may be placed or arranged on a platform of the transportation device.
  • the invention is also concerned with a signaling device that may be designed as a traffic beacon.
  • a combination of the transportation device and at least one signaling device is claimed in the form of a system.
  • a traffic beacon is a mobile, signaling device that may be positioned on a ground on or next to a road in order to mark a dangerous section of the road, e.g. a road damage or roadworks.
  • an electric signaling light may be integrated into or attached to the traffic beacon.
  • the traffic beacon may comprise an electric energy storage, like e.g. a battery.
  • a traffic beacon As a traffic beacon is mobile or portable, it may be transported to a dangerous road section by means of a transportation device that can be, e.g. , a van or a truck. Once the transportation device reaches the place where the traffic beacon shall be used, the traffic beacon can be unloaded and moved or placed onto the ground on or next to the road for e.g. marking the dangerous road section. Once the traffic beacon is not needed anymore, it may be transported to another road section.
  • a transportation device can be, e.g. , a van or a truck.
  • the traffic beacon has to be returned back to a storage center first where the equipment for charging the battery is available. This implies that in between two usages of the traffic beacon, time is lost during which the battery is transported back and recharged. Additionally, in order to make the transportation device available again, the traffic beacon has to be unloaded from the transportation device for recharging the battery. This makes handling a traffic beacon inefficient.
  • temporal mobile traffic lights can be used at crossroads, where the regular traffic light is out of order or not yet installed.
  • any mobile electric signaling device that is designed for being placed on the ground on or near a road may cause the problem that recharging its battery is time-consuming and demands unloading the signaling device from the transportation device.
  • a transportation device for transporting at least one mobile electric signaling device.
  • the transportation device can be a van or a truck.
  • a signaling device according to the invention is in general an electric device for marking a part of a road, e.g. a construction site for roadworks or a damaged road section. Such a signaling device is designed for being placed on a ground on or next to a road, e.g. for marking a dangerous or critical road segment, like roadworks or a road damage.
  • a signaling device may be for controlling traffic and/or monitoring traffic.
  • the inventive transportation device comprises a platform for arranging or storing each signaling device during the transport.
  • a platform may be, for example, a floor covered with planks or boards made of e.g. wood.
  • a wireless power charging unit is integrated into the platform.
  • the wireless power charging unit is designed for charging an electric energy storage of the at least one signaling device by inductive charging.
  • the charging may take place, while the at least one signaling device is standing on the platform.
  • the wireless power charging unit may comprise at least one electromagnetic coil that may be integrated into the platform.
  • a time varying electric current e.g. an alternating current AC
  • a time varying magnetic flux may be generated by one electromagnetic coil.
  • the magnetic flux may be converted into electric power by a wireless power receiver of the signaling device.
  • a wireless power receiver may be based on at least one electromagnetic coil.
  • the invention provides the advantage that the respective energy storage in the at least one electric current signaling device may be recharged with electric energy while the signaling device is standing on the platform of the transportation device and is transported to e.g. a dangerous road section or between two dangerous road sections. There is no need to return the signaling device to a central storage and to unload the at least one signaling device from the transportation device. Thus, no time is lost for recharging the energy storage of the at least one signaling device.
  • the invention also comprises optional embodiments that provide features which afford additional technical advantages.
  • the wireless power charging unit is integrated into a floor of the platform.
  • the at least one signaling device may thus stand on top of the wireless power charging unit. While the signaling device is stand in the ground of the platform, this provides for a reliable transmission of the energy from the wireless power charging unit to the respective wireless power receiver of each signaling device.
  • each signaling device comprises a foot piece that is designed for standing on the ground.
  • a foot piece may comprise a weight and/or a floor contacting area for stabilizing the standing position of the respective signaling device.
  • the platform of the transportation device is designed for placing each signaling device in a pre-defined standing position in which each signaling device is standing on its foot piece during the transport.
  • the at least one signaling device may be arranged on the platform in the same standing position that is also its position on the ground. This provides for a stable stand or positioning of the at least one signaling device.
  • the signaling device is thus self-standing.
  • the transportation device comprises an electric energy storage and/or an electric generator for providing energy to the wireless power charging unit.
  • the wireless power charging device may be provided with energy by the transportation device is driving or moving.
  • the transportation device comprises an electric connecting unit for connecting its wireless power charging unit to a stationary power supply while the transportation device is in a parking position.
  • the connecting unit may comprise a cable and/or a plug or a socket.
  • the stationary power supply may be an electric power network or electric grid. This yields the advantage that the amount of energy is not limited to the capacity of an energy storage and/or fuel tank of the transportation device.
  • the platform is flat or even such that the at least one signaling device is movable on the platform by pushing. This allows for arranging the at least one signaling device in a predefined charging position without any requirement of lifting the at least one signaling device. Thus, even a signaling device with a weight larger than 20 kg can be handled by a person without any lifting required.
  • the platform comprises at least one marked area underneath which at least one electromagnetic coil of the wireless power charging unit is positioned.
  • the at least one coil can thus be completely covered by a floor of the platform. This protects the at least one coil from damage.
  • the at least one signaling device may be correctly arranged in said charging position by placing them relative onto the marked area.
  • the wireless power charging unit provides electromagnetic coils only underneath the marked area and in no other area. This prevents damage from accidental induction of electric energy into other objects that may be placed outside the at least one marked area.
  • a charging level monitoring unit is provided, wherein the charging level monitoring unit is designed to monitor and visually and/or acoustically indicate an individual charging level of the at least one signaling device while the at least one signaling device is positioned on the platform.
  • the charging level monitoring unit may be based on a charging level monitoring unit as is known from the prior art.
  • the transportation device is designed for hosting and charging not only one signaling device, but several signaling devices at a time at once. This allows for transporting several signaling devices to a large road section that demands for several signaling devices and/or to several dangerous road sections.
  • the transportation device is designed for transporting as a respective signaling device: a signal beacon or a signal lamp (for marking a road section) or a transportable traffic light (for controlling traffic) or a radar device (for monitoring traffic) .
  • the transportation device provides the advantage that at least one signaling device of said type may be used in a road network continuously, as no recharging in a central storage is needed.
  • the transportation device is designed as a flatbed truck, a pickup truck, a box truck or a truck trailer or a van.
  • the platform is a load floor for placing or arranging load or freight.
  • the transportation device comprises wheels. The transportation device may therefore be driven or towed.
  • the invention is also concerned with a mobile signaling device that may be placed on or next to a road on the ground.
  • the signaling device comprises an electrical energy storage for powering at least one electric signal sending element.
  • a signal sending element may be a lamp or a radar transceiver or a radio transmitter circuit for sending radio signals.
  • the inventive signaling device comprises a wireless power receiving unit for inductively charging the energy storage.
  • the wireless power receiving unit may be designed in the above-described way.
  • the inventive signaling device provides the advantage that the energy storage may be recharged while the signaling device is transported with a transportation device of the described inventive design.
  • the signaling device comprises a foot piece that is designed for standing on the ground, wherein at least one electromagnetic receiving coil of the wireless power receiver is positioned inside the foot piece.
  • the signaling device is a signal beacon or a transportable traffic light or a radar device or a signal lamp.
  • the invention also comprises the combination of the transportation device and at least one signaling device. This results in the inventive system comprising a transportation device according to the invention and at least one signaling device according to the invention.
  • Fig. 1 shows a transportation device 10 that can be designed as a pickup truck or a platform truck or a van.
  • the transportation device 10 comprises a platform 11 for transporting a load or freight.
  • the transportation device 10 can be used for transporting electric signaling devices 12.
  • Each signaling device 12 can be, e.g., a bright beacon or a signal beacon or signal lamp.
  • the signaling devices 12 can be transported by means of the transportation device 10. During transportation, the signaling devices 12 can stand upright in their normal usage position on the platform 12.
  • Fig. 2 shows a top view of the platform 11 without the signaling devices 12 loaded on top of the platform 11.
  • a wireless power charging unit 13 may be integrated.
  • Marked areas 14 may indicate, where at least one electromagnetic coil of the wireless power charging unit 13 is provided or positioned.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates several different embodiments of a signaling device 12.
  • a signaling device 12 may comprise a foot piece 15 on which the respective signaling device 12 may stand on a floor or ground 16.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates that the transportation device 10 may comprise a connecting unit 17 for connecting the wireless power charging unit 13 of the transportation device 10 to a stationary power supply 18.
  • the power supply 18 may comprise a socket 19 for connecting an electric cable 20 that may conduct an electric current to the connecting unit 13.
  • the power supply 18 may be provided by an electricity network or an electric power network.
  • the wireless power charging unit 13 may also be supplied with electric power from an energy storage and/or an electric generator of the transportation device 10.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates by means of a sectional view, how the wireless power charging unit 13 may comprise at least one electromagnetic coil 21 that may be placed underneath a surface 22 of platform 11. An electric current through the coil 21 may be controlled by a power electronics module 23.
  • the power electronics module 23 may be supplied with electric energy from the connecting unit 17 and/or the energy storage and/or the generator of the transportation device 10.
  • the power electronics module 23 may be designed as is known from the prior art.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates how the foot piece 15 of a signaling device 12 may be placed on top of the coil 21.
  • a wireless power receiving unit 23 may generate an electric current from the magnetic flux generated by the coil 21.
  • the wireless power receiving unit 23 may comprise at least one electromagnetic coil. By means of the electric current from the coil, an energy storage 24 of the signaling device 12 may be recharged.
  • the energy storage 24 may then provide electric energy for driving a signal sending element 25, like, e.g., a lightbulb or a light-emitting diode arrangement.
  • the sending element 25 can thus be supplied with electric energy after the signaling device 12 is removed from platform 11 and positioned e.g. on a ground 16 on a road or next to a road (see Fig. 3 ).
  • the signaling devices 12, like bright beacons, can thus be charged using the wireless power charging unit 13, when an engine of the transportation device is switched on and drives said generator and/or when the transportation device is e.g. in a garage and the connecting unit 17 is connected to an electricity network.
  • the advantage is that charging the battery of a bright beacons signaling or in general a signaling device can be accomplished automatically and without unloading a signaling device from the transportation device, like, e.g., a van.
  • the battery of a signaling device may also be charged automatically while moving it between two working points, e.g. a road segments.
  • charging is possible using wireless power charging technology without moving a signaling device 12 from the platform 11 of a transportation device 12.
  • the solution is to install in the bottom of the signaling device 12 a wireless power receiving unit or receiver which will charge the energy storage 24.
  • This receiving unit 23 will generate the electric current from one transmitter (i.e. coil 21) which will be placed on the floor of the transportation device, where the signaling device 12 is placed.
  • Monitoring the charging status of each signaling device 12 may also be automated by means of a monitoring unit 26.
  • the example shows how bright beacon signaling may be charged using wireless power charging technology.

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DE9101806U1 (de) * 1991-02-16 1991-05-08 Liebendoerfer, Reinhold, 6927 Bad Rappenau, De
FR2855798A1 (fr) * 2003-06-04 2004-12-10 Csm Chaudronnerie De Saint Mar Remorque pour le transport d'elements de signalisation sous forme d'un panneau ou balise
US7088222B1 (en) * 2002-11-13 2006-08-08 Powerflare Corporation Ruggedized illuminating, marking, or signaling device and system
WO2015104216A1 (de) * 2014-01-10 2015-07-16 Adolf Nissen Elektrobau Gmbh + Co. Kg Verkehrsbake

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DE9101806U1 (de) * 1991-02-16 1991-05-08 Liebendoerfer, Reinhold, 6927 Bad Rappenau, De
US7088222B1 (en) * 2002-11-13 2006-08-08 Powerflare Corporation Ruggedized illuminating, marking, or signaling device and system
FR2855798A1 (fr) * 2003-06-04 2004-12-10 Csm Chaudronnerie De Saint Mar Remorque pour le transport d'elements de signalisation sous forme d'un panneau ou balise
WO2015104216A1 (de) * 2014-01-10 2015-07-16 Adolf Nissen Elektrobau Gmbh + Co. Kg Verkehrsbake

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